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Big Pharma are titanic uncooperative corporations that lure the doctors and their agents to prescribe medicines, the effects of which, they understand little . . . to cure diseases of which they know less . . . for people who they see only as cash cows. Small Towns are tiny uncooperative corporations that lure...

Is pretending that an unknown, unlit & unmarked major highway pedestrian crossing is perpetually safe . . . by walking one way once, during daylight hours with best weather conditions possible and the least to the max traffic time of the year, tantamount to . . . 1) A Walk of Shame or of...

The compulsion to make resolutions during the week either side of the December 31st banality and the results are both predictable because . . . almost always missed throughout the resolution/goal setting process is correctly estimating the amount of time required to make the change(s) sought because . . . most resolvers reject change...

Osoyoos Indian Band (O.I.B.) versus Oliver Town Council (O.T.C.) Passed on for generations, the collective ancestral wisdom of the O.I.B. says that . . . upon discovering you are riding a dead horse the best strategy is . . . dismount and get a new fresh horse. Passed on from Council to Council for...

Sensible BC suggests signing a petition in order to trigger a referendum that, if successful, would mark the end of criminalizing marijuana possession and the beginning of marijuana taxation. Sensible Sunshine Café Barista Supports Sensible BC by making available Initiative Petition Sheets for any and all Sensible Boundary-Similkameen Riding Voters. Sensible BC Initiative Petition...

Proving Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows, the Town of Oliver & Telus Corporation, on linked logo letterhead, formally announce their marriage by proclaiming their relationship a partnership. Partnerships exists whenever two or more entities co-own, contribute to a business and share in the profits and losses of said business. The three types of partnerships in Canada...

I concede, that (if elected) my motivation for refusing their paycheque a.k.a your money stems from my insecurities. I confess my insecurities such that I couldn’t handle being labeled as yet another one of them politicians. I concede of knowing no other way of avoiding such labeling. I confess that in a past endeavour...

john micka OLIVER CHRONICLE EDITOR QUESTIONS OLIVER IRONICAL EDITOR/CANDIDATE ANSWERS 1) What prompted you to throw your hat into municipal politics? Some say Main Streets can be an economic driver and a reflection of the Town’s Character. Some say it’s just another Street. I say our Main Street could and...

Finding another who would also vocalize their being offended by Oliver’s military mayor’s desire to see a “Higher and Better Use” for our Centennial Park is as Odd now as ODCEDS was then. See Letter to the editor Having disbanded and abandoned any and all their economic development endeavours in lieu of Studies &...

In Oliver, in each election there are (7) seats available (Mayor + 6 Council). Since 1990 there have been (8) Civic elections x (7) seats = 56 possible political positions. Of those (56) possible political positions spanning 23 years, (9) have been held by (9) single term politicians. Of those (56) possible political positions...